MPAI-MMM Functional Requirements – Actions

This chapter specifies purpose, functional requirements, and metadata for the Actions that a Process  can perform in an M-Instance. They are grouped in 5 categories

1 General Actions	2 Call a Service	3 Metaverse to Metaverse	4 Metaverse to Universe	5 Universe to Metaverse
1.1 Register	2.1 Author	3.1 MM-Add	4.1 MU-Actuate	5.1 UM-Animate.
1.2 Change	2.2 Discover	3.2 MM-Animate	4.2 MU-Render	5.2 UM-Capture.
1.3 Hide	2.3 Inform	3.3 MM-Disable	4.3 MU-Send	5.3 UM-Render
1.4 Authenticate	2.4 Interpret	3.4 MM-Embed	4.4 Track	5.4 UM-Send
1.5 Identify	2.5 Post	3.5 MM-Enable
1.6 Modify	2.6 Transact	3.6 MM-Send
1.7 Validate	2.7 Convert
1.8 Execute	2.8 Resolve

1       General Actions in an M-Instance

1.1      Register

Purpose	The Action of a human requesting that an M-Instance grant selected human’s Users the Rights to perform Actions in the M-Instance.
Request-Action	Source humanID Destination ServiceID Requested Action Register InItem PersonalData ∨ PersonalDataID InLocation Address OutLocation ServiceID OutRights Rights ∨ RightsID

Response-Action

Success OutItem Account ∨ AccountID Error FaultyReq The Request is Faulty Wallet Insufficient Value

1.2      Change

Purpose

The Action of requesting that a Service modify the Rights of a User and provide OutRights, as the User should be able to, e.g., further Change the Rights.

Request-Action

Source UserID Destination ServiceID Action Change InItems UserID1 ∧ (Rights ∨ RightsID) OutRights Rights ∨ RightsID

Response-Action

Success OutItem Error FaultyReq The Request is Faulty IDs Incorrect Rights Missing or incomplete

1.3      Hide

Purpose

The Action of requesting that a Service make the ID of an Item unavailable and provide OutRights, as the User may wish to, e.g., make the ID available again.

Request-Action

Source UserID Destination ServiceID Requested Action Hide InItem Item ∨ ItemID OutRights Rights ∨ RightsID

Response-Action

Success OutItem Error FaultyReq The Request is Faulty IDs Incorrect Rights Missing or incomplete

1.4      Authenticate

Purpose

The Action of requesting that a Service confirm that an Entity is what it claims to be.

Request-Action

Source UserID Destination ServiceID Action Authenticate InItems AuthenticateIn ∨ AuthenticateInID InLocation M-LocationID ∨ UserID1 OutLocation UserID OutRights Rights ∨ RightsID

Response-Action

Success OutItem AuthenticateOut ∨ AuthenticateOutID Error FaultyReq The Request is Faulty IDs Incorrect Rights Missing or incomplete M-Location Out of range U-Location Out of range

1.5      Identify

Purpose	The Action of requesting that a Service produce an Item from Data & Metadata.
Request-Action	Source Process ID ∨ Device ID Destination ServiceID Action Identify InItems DataMdata InLocation UserID OutLocation ServiceID OutRight Rights ∨ RightsID
Response-Action	Success OutItem Item ∨ ItemID Error FaultyReq The Request is Faulty IDs Incorrect Rights Missing or incomplete

1.6      Modify

Purpose	The Action of requesting that a Service produce a new Item from an existing Item by providing new Data and Metadata with the OutRights to further Act on the new Item.
Request-Action	Source Process ID Destination ServiceID Action Modify InItems Item ∧ DataMdata InLocation ServiceID ∨ UserID OutLocation ServiceID OutRight Rights ∨ RightsID
Response-Action	Success OutItem Item ∨ ItemID Error FaultyReq The Request is Faulty IDs Incorrect Rights Missing or incomplete

1.7      Validate

Purpose	The Action of requesting that a Service verify that a Process has the Rights to perform or request a Process to perform an Action on an Item.
Request-Action	Source ProcessID Destination ProcessID Action Validate InItem Request-Action ∨ Request-ActionID InLocation ProcessID OutLocation ProcessID OutRights Rights ∨ RightsID
Response-Action	Success OutItem Item ∨ ItemID Error Request Faulty IDs Incorrect Rights Missing or incomplete

1.8      Execute

Purpose	The Action of requesting that a Process execute a Contract.
Request-Action	Source UserID Destination ProcessID Action Execute InItem Contract ∨ ContractID OutRights Rights ∨ RightsID
Response-Action	Success OutItem Error FaultyReq The Request is Faulty IDs Incorrect Rights Missing or incomplete

2       Call a Service

2.1      Author

Purpose	The Action of Calling a Service to obtain an Item with associated OutRights to Act on the Item.
Request-Action	Source UserID Destination ServiceID Action Author InItems Item ∨ ItemID ∨ DataMdata InLocation UserID ∨ Address OutLocation UserID ∨ ServiceID OutRights Rights ∨ RightsID
Response-Action	Success OutItem Item ∨ ItemID Error FaultyReq The Request is Faulty IDs Incorrect Rights Missing or incomplete Wallet error Insufficient Value

2.2      Discover

Purpose	The Action of requesting that a Service provide a DiscoverOut Item containing: 1.     The IDs of the Items relevant to the User’s request to Discover or recommended expressed in the DiscoverIn Item 2.     The OutRights to Act on the DiscoverOut Item.
Request-Action	Source UserID Destination ServiceID Action Discover InItem DiscoverIn ∨ DiscoverInID InLocation UserID ∨ ServiceID OutLocation UserID OutRights Rights ∨ RightsID
Response-Action	Success OutItem DiscoverOut ∨ DiscoverOutID Error FaultyReq The Request is Faulty IDs Incorrect Rights Missing or incomplete

2.3      Inform

Purpose	The Action of requesting that a Service provide an InformOut Item containing information about an InItem, such as the Metadata of the InItem, with the OutRights to Act on the InformOut Item.
Request-Action	Time Source UserID Destination ServiceID Action Inform InItem InformIn ∨ InformInID InLocation M-LocationID OutLocation UserID OutRights Rights ∨ RightsID
Response-Action	Success OutItem InformOut ∨ InformOutID Error FaultyReq The Request is Faulty IDs Incorrect Rights Missing or incomplete

2.4      Interpret

Purpose	The Action of requesting that a Service provide an InterpretOut Item containing interpretation of an InItem, such as translation or extraction of Personal Status, with the OutRights to Act on the InterpretOut Item.
Request-Action	Source UserID Destination ServiceID Action Interpret InItem InterpretIn ∨ InterpretInID InLocation M-LocationID ∨ ServiceID OutLocation UserID OutRights Rights ∨ RightsID
Response-Action	Success OutItem InterpretOut ∨ InterpretOutID Error FaultyReq The Request is Faulty IDs Incorrect Rights Missing or incomplete

2.5      Post

Purpose	The Action of requesting that a Marketplace include an Asset to its repertory of Assets.
Request-Action	Source UserID Destination ServiceID Action Post InItem Asset ∨ AssetID InLocation UserID ∨ ServiceID OutLocation ServiceID OutRights Rights ∨ RightsID
Response-Action	Success OutItem Error FaultyReq The Request is Faulty IDs Incorrect Rights Missing or incomplete Wallet Insufficient Value

2.6      Transact

Purpose	The Action of a User1 (“sender”) requesting that a Service: 1.     Assign Rights on an Asset to User2 (“receiver”). 2.     Cause: 2.1.  Wallet1 of User1 (“seller”) to be increased by Value1. 2.2.  Wallet2 of User2 to be decreased by Value2. 2.3.  Wallet3 of the Service enabling/facilitating the Transaction to be increased by Value3 (optionally).
Request-Action	Source UserID Destination ServiceID Action Transact InItem Transaction ∨ TransactionID InLocation UserID ∨ ServiceID OutLocation UserID ∨ ServiceID OutRights Rights ∨ RightsID
Response-Action	Success OutItems AssetID ∧ WalletID1 ∧ WalletID2 ∧ WalletID Error FaultyReq The Request is Faulty IDs Incorrect Rights Missing or incomplete Wallet Wallet2 has insufficient Value

2.7      Convert

Purpose	The Action of requesting that a Service change the Format of the Data of an Item into a Format specified by a FormatID. FormatIDs are defined in the Format Taxonomy (To be Defined).
Request-Action	Source UserID Destination ServiceID Action Convert InItem (Item ∨ ItemID) ∧ FormatID InLocation ServiceID ∨ M-LocationID OutLocation ServiceID OutRights Rights ∨ RightsID
Response-Action	Success OutItem Item ∨ ItemID Error FaultyReq The Request is Faulty IDs Incorrect Rights Missing or incomplete

2.8      Resolve

Purpose	The Action of requesting that a Service in an M-Instance forward a Request-Resolve Item or a Response-Resolve Item to a Resolution Service of another M-Instance.
Request-Action	Source ProcessID Destination ServiceID Requested Action Resolve InItem (Request-Action ∨ Request-ActionID) ∨ (Response-Action ∨ Response-ActionID) InLocation ProcessID OutLocation ProcessID OutRights Rights ∨ RightsID
Response-Action	Success OutItem Item ∨ ItemID Error FaultyReq The Request is Faulty IDs Incorrect Rights Missing or incomplete

3       Manage Entities (Metaverse to Metaverse)

3.1      MM-Add

Purpose	The Action of requesting that a Service add an Entity at an M-Location with a Spatial Attitude and provide OutRights to Act on the MM-Added Entity.
Request-Action	Source UserID Destination ServiceID Action MM-Add InItem (Entity ∨ EntityID) ∧ Spatial Attitude InLocation UserID ∨ ServiceID ∨ M-LocationID OutLocation M-LocationID OutRights Rights ∨ RightsID
Response-Action	Success OutItem Entity ∨ EntityID Error FaultyReq The Request is Faulty IDs Incorrect Rights Missing or incomplete Clash Entity clashes with another Entity M-Location Out of range

3.2      MM-Animate

Purpose	The Action of requesting that a Service change the features of a Model MM-Embedded at an M-Location with a Process and provide the OutRights to Act on the MM-Added Entity.
Request-Action	Source UserID Destination ProcessID Action MM-Animate InItem (Model ∨ ModelID) ∧ Spatial Attitude InLocation ServiceID OutLocation M-LocationID OutRights Rights ∨ RightsID
Response-Action	Success OutItem Error FaultyReq The Request is Faulty IDs Incorrect Rights Missing or incomplete Item mismatch Entity Data Type and Animation Stream Data Type.

3.3      MM-Disable

Purpose	The Action of requesting that a Service stop MM-Enabling selected Entities Embedded at an M-Location and provide OutRights to Act on the MM-Disabled Entities.
Request-Action	Source UserID Destination ServiceID Action MM-Disable InItem List of EntityIDs InLocation M-LocationID OutLocation M-LocationID OutRights Rights ∨ RightsID
Response-Action	Success OutItem Error FaultyReq The Request is Faulty IDs Incorrect Rights Missing or incomplete M-Location Out of range

3.4      MM-Embed

Purpose	The Composite Action of requesting that a Service MM-Add and MM-Enable an Entity either located at a Service or at an M-Location at a destination M-Location with a Spatial Attitude and provide OutRights to Act on the MM-Embedded Entity.
Request-Action	Source UserID Destination ServiceID Action MM-Embed InItem (Entity ∨ EntityID) ∧ Spatial Attitude InLocation ServiceID ∨ M-LocationID OutLocation M-LocationID OutRights Rights ∨ RightsID
Response-Action	Success OutItem Error FaultyReq The Request is Faulty IDs Incorrect Rights Missing or incomplete Clash Entity clashes with another Entity M-Location Out of range

3.5      MM-Enable

Purpose	The Action of requesting that a Service implement requests to MM-Send selected Entities MM-Added at an M-Location per Rights of the requesting User and Provide OutRights to act on the selected M-Entities.
Request-Action	Source UserID Destination ServiceID Action MM-Enable InItem Entity ∨ EntityID InLocation M-LocationID OutLocation M-LocationID OutRights Rights ∨ RightsID
Response-Action	Success OutItem Error FaultyReq The Request is Faulty IDs Incorrect Rights Missing or incomplete M-Location Out of range

3.6      MM-Send

Purpose	The Action of requesting that a Service forward to a Process an Item, or Data/Metadata with OutRights given to the Destination Process to Act on the Item or Data/Metadata.
Request-Action	Source ProcessID Destination ProcessID Action MM-Send InItem Item ∨ ItemID ∨ DataMdata InLocation ProcessID ∨ M-Location OutLocation ProcessID ∨ M-Location OutRights Rights ∨ RightsID
Response-Action	Success OutItem Item ∨ ItemID ∨ DataMdata Error Request Faulty IDs Incorrect Rights Missing or incomplete

4       Manage Entities (Metaverse to Universe)

4.1      MU-Actuate

Purpose	The Action of requesting that a Device present an Entity available at a Device to a U-Location as Media with a Spatial Attitude. The Device shall convert the Rights of the Items to rights specific of the U-Location.
Request-Action	Source UserID Destination DeviceID Action MU-Actuate InItem (Entity ∨ EntityID) ∧ Spatial Attitude InLocation DeviceID OutLocation U-LocationID OutRights Metadata
Response-Action	Success OutItem Media Error FaultyReq The Request is Faulty IDs Incorrect Rights Missing or incomplete U-Location Out of range

4.2      MU-Render

Purpose	The Composite Action of requesting that: 1.     A Service MM-Send selected Entities Embedded at an M-Location to a Device. 2.     The Device MU-Actuate the Entity received at a U-Location with a Spatial Attitude.
Request-Action	Source UserID Destination ServiceID Action MU-Render InItem List of Entities ∧ Spatial Attitudes InLocation M-LocationID OutLocation U-Location OutRights Rights ∨ RightsID
Response-Action	Success Action result Media Error FaultyReq The Request is Faulty IDs Incorrect Rights Missing or incomplete M-Location Out of range

4.3      MU-Send

Purpose	The Action of requesting that a Process store an Item at an Address.
Request-Action	Source ProcessID Destination ServiceID Action MU-Send InItem Item ∨ ItemID InLocation M-LocationID ∨ ProcessID OutLocation Address OutRights Rights ∨ RightsID
Response-Action	Success OutItem Error FaultyReq The Request is Faulty IDs Incorrect Rights Missing or incomplete Address Incorrect

4.4      Track

Purpose	The Composite Action of requesting that a Service: 1.     MM-Embed a Model at an M-Location with a Spatial Attitude. 2.     UM-Animate the Model MM-Embedded at an M-Location. 3.     MU-Render specified Entities at the M-Location to a U-Location.
Request-Action	Source UserID Destination ServiceID Action Track InItem (Model ∨ ModelID) ∧ Spatial Attitude ∧ M-LocationID InLocation ServiceID OutLocation U-LocationID OutRights Rights ∨ RightsID
Response-Action	Success OutItem Media Error FaultyReq The Request is Faulty IDs Incorrect Rights Missing or incomplete M-LocationID Out of range U-LocationID Out of range

5       Manage Entities (Universe to Metaverse)

5.1      UM-Animate

Purpose	The Composite Action of a User requesting: 1.     A Device to 1.1.  UM-Capture an animation stream extracted from an object at a U-Location. 1.2.  UM-Send the animation stream and Metadata to a User. 2.     A Service to Identify the Animation Stream. 3.     A Service to MM-Animate the Model MM-Embedded at the M-Location using the Animation Stream.
Request-Action	Source UserID Destination DeviceID Action UM-Animate InItem object ∧ (Model ∨ ModelID) InLocation U-LocationID OutLocation M-LocationID OutRights Rights ∨ RightsID
Response-Action	Success OutItem Entity ∨ EntityID Error FaultyReq The Request is Faulty IDs Incorrect Rights Missing or incomplete U-Location Out of range M-Location Out of range

5.2      UM-Capture

Purpose	The Action of requesting that a Device capture Media from a scene at a U-Location.
Request-Action	Source UserID Destination DeviceID Action UM-Capture InItem scene InLocation U-LocationID OutLocation DeviceID
Response-Action	Success OutItem Media Error FaultyReq The Request is Faulty IDs Incorrect Rights Missing or incomplete U-Location Out of range

5.3      UM-Render

Purpose	The Composite Action of a User requesting:  1. A Device to: 1.1 UM-Capture a scene at U-Location. 1.2. MM-Send Data and Device-provided Metadata to a User. 2. Service to: 2.1 Identify an Entity from UM-Sent Data and Metadata. 2.2 MM-Embed the Entity at an M-Location with a Spatial Attitude.
Purpose	The Composite Action of a User requesting: 1.     A Device to: 1.1.  UM-Capture Media from a scene at U-Location. 1.2.  MM-Send Data and Device-provided Metadata to a User. 2.     A Service to: 2.1.  Identify an Entity from UM-Sent Data and Metadata. 2.2.  MM-Embed the Entity at an M-Location with a Spatial Attitude.
Request-Action	Source UserID Destination DeviceID Action UM-Render InItem scene ∧ Spatial Attitude InLocation U-LocationID OutLocation M-LocationID OutRights Rights ∨ RightsID
Response-Action	Success OutItem Entity ∨ EntityID Error FaultyReq The Request is Faulty IDs Incorrect Rights Missing or incomplete Clash Entity clashes with another Entity M-Location Out of range U-Location Out of range

5.4      UM-Send

Purpose	The Action of a Device transmitting Data & Metadata to a Process.
Request-Action	Source DeviceID Destination ProcessID Action UM-Send InItem DataMdata InLocation DeviceID ∨ Address OutLocation ProcessID OutRights Metadata
Response-Action	Success OutItem DataMdata Error Request Faulty IDs Incorrect Rights Missing or incomplete U-Location Out of range